r 4.09
In forceAcceptance of service by legal practitioner
Part 4Service
4.09 Acceptance of service by legal practitioner
If, in a proceeding:
(a)
a document is to be served on a person; and
(b) a legal practitioner makes a note on a copy of the document that he or she accepts service of the document on behalf of the person,
unless the legal practitioner is shown not to have had authority to accept service, the document is to be taken as having been served on the person on the day on which the legal practitioner made the note or on such other day as is proved.
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